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12:00 AM
@RonanForman YOU should play King Arthur's Gold.
 
@Jin You should totally invite me to crash your party next time, by the way :P Still a good portion of the team I haven't met.
Bah, what's this Fox 25th Anniversary Special nonsense?
 
I did once, I didn't understand it.
 
@RonanForman Really?
It's very simple, there's even an online manual.
 
FAE
@RonanForman aaaask questions about it :D?
 
12:01 AM
I dislike manuals, I don't play games to read!
 
Jin
@GnomeSlice i just got KAG
 
@Jin :D It's awesome.
And mostly free.
 
@gnome how much have you spent?
 
However, I really wish more GSE members would play it, because I always end up with really dumb builders.
@RonanForman How much of what?
 
Jin
@GnomeSlice it looks interesting.. a bit minecrafty
 
12:03 AM
@Jin It's much more fast-paced than MC or Terraria.
It's sort of like Terraria meets TF2
 
Jin
@GnomeSlice I dig it so far.
 
@StrixVaria I did.
 
@Jin Are you in a server? Or in one of the solo modes.
The in-game tutorial is... pretty shifty.
Unless they've changed it.
 
Jin
@GnomeSlice i'm just playing the single player mode right now. since i'm a noob
 
@OrigamiRobot Can you find it?
 
12:04 AM
@Jin Give the manual a go at some point, it's very informative, and fun to read.
 
Trying
 
Jin
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re-united with my love at stackhq
 
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A: Can I rebind mouse buttons to keys?

OrigamiRobotCurrently, you cannot remap the mouse buttons away from the primary/secondary skills. You can use Elective Mode (Options > Gameplay > Check Elective Mode) to move any skills (including primary/secondary) to keys 1-4, but you can only remap those keys. Therefore, if you want to avoid using the m...

 
Hahah
 
@Jin your hair is magical
 
FAE
12:05 AM
@Jin Jin, you have long hair! <3
 
Jin
@spugsley TY. i brush each direction 1000 times every morning.
 
Thanks!
 
@RonanForman
 
@RonanForman Oh.
I spent 10$ when I bought a premium account.
That's it.
 
12:08 AM
@IanPugsley and @OrigamiRobot are trying to get me to play League of Legends
 
There's none of that 'buying in-game stuff' stuff in KAG
 
@spugsley You'd be really good at screaming at other people while playing.
 
@Sterno that's probably accurate
 
@StrixVaria Did that help?
 
@OrigamiRobot I linked it in my answer.
 
FAE
12:09 AM
@Sterno This would be bad
 
@Jin, so how snarky was Grace in person?
 
Still answering questions while capped.
I feel like @RavenDreamer
 
@spugsley If you joined then we could have screaming pugsley and you wouldn't have to record! It's a win-win!
 
The s in @spugsley stands for screaming right?
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FAE
12:10 AM
@RonanForman No screaming at people in LoL! We do not want to be one of Those People!
 
Oh man, I'm terrible for screaming at people when I play games.
It's why I stopped using voice chat with stuff.
 
@RonanForman bahahaha it might as well
 
I do about 80% of my cursing while playing the modern warfares.
 
Jin
@agent86 turned out Grace is a beautiful anime girl IRL
 
@FAE I don't imagine it'd be at other people.
@agent Mario Kart.
 
FAE
12:12 AM
@RonanForman this
 
@Jin so... not a spaceship? I was misled :(
 
@agent86 Artillery you mean
 
Wrong one, I was going of title.
 
FAE
@RonanForman DUDE, behind a text link!
 
12:13 AM
Sorry all!
 
Fine then, I'll just remove my star.
 
This one:
@Gnome T_T
 
@RonanForman ?
@RonanForman You can evade them in Mario Kart DS too.
But I've never met anyone else who can do it. I can't even do it very reliably.
 
> I do about 80% of my cursing while playing the modern warfares - agent86
 
Oh my goodness, the clockmaker is such an amazing song.
 
Jin
12:17 AM
i think the most cursing i've done was getting the golden chocobo in ff7
oh diablo3 open beta started right?
 
FAE
@Jin just for this weekend I believe
 
Jin
@FAE hmm so it's almost over?
 
FAE
@Jin I believe so, yeah
 
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Q: How does my choice of weapon matter?

ShinraiSince normal attacks seem to be right out in this game, I'm not sure if it matters what weapons I'm using. I understand that the damage of my weapon affects the damage of my skills (for some bizarre reason) but beyond that nothing seems to matter. For example, I seem to be able to equip bows,...

 
I do about 10% of my cursing when trying to log in to Diablo 3 beta
 
12:50 AM
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Q: How are random properties chosen for items in Diablo 3?

Sadly NotAll items crafted by the blacksmith have a number of random magic properties. However, I've tried to create a helm that provides a bonus to Dexterity and failed after 15 tries. Are the properties randomly selected from a universal set or are they selected from a set specific to the item being ge...

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Q: Blocking unarmed

StanI've got a question about the Khajiit's unarmed attacking ability. Somehow, and I don't know how, I was able to attack unarmed one-handed, attacking with the right hand while being able to block with the left hand. It surprised the heck out of me, because I didn't know I could do it. When he bloc...

 
1:03 AM
@Blem Only 10%?
 
I am a very calm person
 
@Jin It's k. I re-hooked you up. (I hope).
Check your mail.
 
1:19 AM
I....
Have...
Beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeer.
 
Diablo 3 isn't even out yet and it's threatening to rep cap me on consecutive days (something I've never done before).
 
@StrixVaria Welcome to my world!
 
Oddly, your game seems easier after drinking a little.
 
did you hug a tree today send me pic of your splinters
@TimStone So what you're saying is I should play @RavenDreamer's game.
Because I have been drinking more than a little.
 
Fantastic. Then yes, yes you should.
 
1:28 AM
@TimStone That looks to be the record so far.
 
Hooray! I'm sure @badp will come back and completely crush me, but I'll \o/ for now. :D
 
@TimStone But I am le lazy.
And do not want to reboot my computer.
and lose all my browser tabs
and such and sundry
 
FAE
@TimStone Nice, grats!
 
The solution is obviously to buy a 2nd computer.
 
Things I have recently realized that I do not own, or at least have in any accessible form: Shot glasses.
 
1:30 AM
@FAE Thanks!
@LessPop_MoreFizz Admittedly I'd probably be too lazy too, in that case.
 
@LessPop_MoreFizz Do shots from your sun glasses instead!
 
@RavenDreamer sunglasses are far too shallow for shots. I will opt for the bottle instead if I decide to switch to liquor.
The best thing about systemwide autocorrect in lion, is that it means that nobody can tell that you're typing drunk.
The worst thing about systemwide autocorrect in lion, is that it means that nobody can tell that you're typing drunk.
 
Until you get so drunk that you hamburger manners Rochester.
 
@Jin I think it's cheating on you
 
@Jin As a heterosexual male, I'm totally comfortable saying your hair is marvelous
 
user2334
1:49 AM
I don't understand the opposition seen in this question: do people not like the specific tags chosen for Diablo 3, or do they believe questions should only ever be tagged with the game name?
 
@MarkTrapp I didn't see a lot of opposition. Most people seem to be in favor of the tags
 
2:07 AM
@MarkTrapp Basically, tags suck for Gaming.
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@RavenDreamer I may not be 100 percent sober, but that doesn't mean that that sentence makes any more sense to me than it does to anyone else.
 
user2334
@Sterno All the answers for sub tagging got multiple downvotes, plus multiple up votes for MBraedly's answer on something that appeared to be just a case of a mistaken user
 
user2334
@RavenDreamer Yes, we all know that, but what's the alternative to sub tagging that people are arguing for? Only tagging with the game?
 
@MarkTrapp Well, okay, fair point. I just looked at the raw numbers (not the split vote counts) and the tags seemed overwhelmingly popular from that standpoint
 
@MarkTrapp Step 1 would be creating a list of non-meta filter tags that means we won't have to have 4-5 tags for every major release.
 
user2334
2:11 AM
@RavenDreamer If that's why people are objecting, feh. Filter tags are junk and don't work in the SE engine
 
tags suck.
 
Honestly, I kind of want to see the platform tags purged at this point.
 
that is all.
 
aside from questions about the platforms themselves.
 
user2334
Indeed, the one supposed use—for questions where for the love of god I'm playing on the PS3 your console-based answer is not going to help me fix this quest in Skyrim you troglodyte—has been dubious in practice at best
 
2:18 AM
@MarkTrapp People give console based answers anyway generally. :/
 
user2334
Exactly
 
There have been some UI-specific questions from time to time though
 
Also, there are people like me that strongly dislike any console-based solution when there is any gameplay based method available.
@Sterno Sure, but 1) have there been so many of them that the problem can't just as easily be solved by the question text, and 2) do enough people pay attention to the tags that the platform tags are actually helpful here, relative to better written questions?
That's my single biggest problem with a good 40% or so of questions, is people jump to the console-command based answer first rather than even thinking about or attempting to provide a gameplay answer.
 
@LessPopMoreFizz Probably not.
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Q: How do I zoom in with my bow?

SternoI've started playing Skyrim again after a few months and am having some trouble with archery. I've got the Eagle Eye perk, which says I can zoom in by holding the Block button. However, I'm not sure what the Block button is. I've never used a shield in this character's life so I've never had reas...

That was one where I definitely wanted a PC answer
but I probably could have just said "PC" in the question
I'm kind of of the opinion is that if we weren't already using those tags for so many questions, I wouldn't want us to start. But I don't see a terribly compelling reason to go the other way and try to undo them
Though I might change my mind again if I had stats on how many times those tags are misused and unnecessary :P
 
@Sterno The problem isn't how often they're misused (though the answer is, at least before fixed by vigilant editing, constantly), the problem is how often they're completely ignored by answers.
 
2:25 AM
I suspect we'd see a lot of overlap between the tag being ignored by answers and the question text mentioning platform being ignored by answers
Honestly though, thinking about it, someone happening to write up an answer that is simply for the wrong platform isn't that bad a thing
One argument for doing away with platform tags is how silly it would be to have to open an identical question just to slap a different platform tag on it
 
Yeah, I've never liked them for the case of 'I CAN'T USE [Mods/Console/Etc.] YOU ASSHOLE'.
 
On an unrelated note, I just saw spugsley's starred message. I think I finally agree that Gnomeslice gets discriminated against sometimes. :P
 
the only use case for platform tags that I could see the argument for really, is exclusive content, which was the original intention I think, but even there, I just don't think it's a big enough deal to warrant it.
 
@LessPopMoreFizz Makes sense, since if the question can't even apply to another platform, why would we need a platform tag?
 
But the problem is, this isn't something that we can basically ever fix without someone getting non-bumping edit powers.
because Our Tags Suck and We Suck At Tagging.
 
2:30 AM
Yet we're so much better than other sites I look at
Is it a double-standard if I don't have a problem with people swearing in chat, generally, but I think starring it so it sits there on the right side of the screen is a really bad idea?
 
@Sterno Yes.
 
Yeah, I figured.
 
@Fluttershy @murgatroid99 @BenBrocka
 
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Q: Cod4 reflex difficulty setting stays the same

JustinI have Call of duty Modern Warfare Reflex for wii. I beat the game on recruit. I beat it again on regular, but when I go to mission select, it says I beat it on recruit. Aftermath and The Coup De Al-Elasad say regular, but not the others.

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Q: How do I warn Miranda?

hfigI was told that in order to continue romance with Miranda Lawson and to save her in ME3, I am to warn her after she contacts you? When and where do I warn her? I only met her once (after the Palaven mission at the Citadel) as she hasn't emailed me yet. I currently just finished the Sur'Kesh mis...

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Q: When does Priority: Tuchanka activate?

hfigI just had the Tuchanka mission added to my journal but it says I have to wait for Mordin to finish his stuff. When does that happen, and I can continue on my course? I would like to know because I want to avoid triggering it before I finish any other missions as I hear that that mission is a po...

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Q: Fast cast in Legend of Grimrock?

HookedIs there a way to hotkey or "memorize" a spell in the Legend of Grimrock? It's tiring to enter the same rune combo for each spell again and again.

 
2:46 AM
@Wipqozn That's pretty great. I noticed it on EQD but I didn't watch it then
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Q: Help me to select a game

SouravMy PC configuration AMD A6-3500 [amd raedon HD 6530D] ASUS F1A55-M LX PLUS 4 GB RAM 250 GB HDD I've played games like IGI2, Max Payne, Hitman Blood money, NFS UG2, NFS MW, COD, MOH Allied Assault, Nosferatu, Global Storm, Mafia Please suggest me an action game and a racing game to try. [and p...

 
@Lazers dupe
@murgatroid99 WTF did that have on it?
 
@Sterno I assume he was thinking like "new game to get" but didn't exist
 
3:04 AM
sees new ME3 question
not sure of answer, tries to google for it
top result is Gaming.SE
ಠ_ರೃ
closes as duplicate
 
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Q: What can you get from the Skull Game after Skatole?

spugsleyAfter getting Skatole (that's the poop that makes all the flies love you), is it possible to get another useful item if you find a second Skull Game guy on the same playthrough? Or will it be an endless loop of keys, bombs, hearts, etc?

 
@murgatroid99 Curses!
 
sean is on a flagging spree
 
@Fluttershy I played a lot of the shell game when research for this answer
@agent86 are they good flags?
 
@agent86 Going for the flagging badge now maybe?
 
3:15 AM
@murgatroid99 eh, some yes, some not so much. quite a lot of stuff from march or earlier getting flagged at this point
 
@murgatroid99 I played a lot of the shell game in an effort to collect hearts for the blood bank... I have 24 hours played in BoI.
 
@Fluttershy you can actually get a nice loop of coins from the blood bank to pay for the shell game and hearts from the shell game to pay for the blood bank (at least before the blood bag was released). And I have 70
 
@murgatroid99 Well then... <.< I'd say we're both right. She should accept both.
 
@agent86 I remember doing that a couple of times on SO: searching for not an answer indicators (like links to other SO questions) and then flagging whole swathes of them
@Fluttershy if only
 
I think sean is trying to be a good boy scout and earn all of his badges...
 
3:20 AM
@Ktash probably. But isn't the point of badges to encourage certain behaviors?
 
@murgatroid99 Yeah, not saying its bad. It just might not be the most helpful in the form in which he is performing it
May be making more work than should be ordinarily for those actions
 
@Ktash maybe. I do think it's helpful sometimes to have someone look through old stuff and try to find things other people missed
 
Again, not bad, just maybe not as needed
also, doing it batches so it ends up with a lot on the front page can be bad (though he seems to have slowed in that regard)
 
@Ktash ah, I was thinking more of the flags agent86 mentioned. Obviously in both cases it depends on whether the actions are substantial/helpful
 
@murgatroid99 Ah, yeah. The flags are a bit different. Yeah, I think good flags are good, but it sounds like it's a mixed bag...
 
3:25 AM
well, he's got enthusiasm, that's for certain :)
 
For sure
 
@Ktash yeah, this is a good point. But if you decide to take some time to look at old stuff, it is usually easier to try to get as much done in that time as possible
 
And fresh meat is always welcome ;)
@murgatroid99 easier, definitely. And if they are substantial edits, go for it and the questions will get buried after a little while. But with the minor edits its not the best :)
On a completely unrelated note, has anyone here used fitocracy?
mmmm fresh meat ;)
 
3:44 AM
@Ktash I used it for a little while, but I got tired of recording everything I did so I stopped
 
@murgatroid99 Yeah, that's kind of where I'm sitting with it and I haven't even started. But I feel it might be good motivation for me so I'm split...
 
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Q: What is the Bone Amulet for?

AlexI've found a few Bone Amulets around Grimrock. I think I found them after killing the undead skeletons, but I'm not 100% sure. They seems to have no stats, positive or negative, and only a short description, reading A primitive amulet made out of bones that are bound together with string. So what...

 
@Ktash It probably just depends on whether you personally will be motivated enough to make up for having to record what you do
 
I hate seeing a question like that, with a comment left which says "There's a use, but to tell you more would be a spoiler!"
WE ARE IN THE BUSINESS OF SPOILING THINGS
 
@Sterno I saw a lot of answers like that during the rush. I saw a lot of answers of "You might want to look at X. You can figure out the rest yourself"
 
4:08 AM
0
Q: How to install the Skylander USB Driver?

user1207381I am trying to use my portal of power on the Skylander Webpage. I have installed the USB driver, but when I plug in the portal, it asks to try to manually install the driver, but the computer can't find the copy I've installed. Does anyone know how to recover from this issue?

 
4:38 AM
0
Q: Is there any difference between colored enemies?

OrigamiRobotDo different colored enemies have different bonuses, and, if so, what are they?

 
 
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6:02 AM
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Q: How do you prevent friends from joining your game?

Nick TWhen trying to get some solo achievements or when running the game for the first time with a new friend, your other friends can be a bit too friendly and barge in, killing everything or just making the mobs beefier. How do you block people from joining your game?

 
6:30 AM
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Q: What do the different colors of enemies' names mean?

Nick TIn the land of Diablo III, enemies come in a few different colors. Normal, weak mobs are white, then there are those of color: I've seen blue, purple, and yellow. What do the different colors mean? Are there other colors?

 
 
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7:56 AM
0
Q: What physics model do spinfusor disks use?

Richard TerrettIn Tribes: Ascend, I often notice my spinfusor disks seem to go slightly off course over large distances when I'm flying, even though I could have sworn the reticule was over the (immobile) target. I know that disks are not affected by gravity, so there appear to be three other possibilities here...

 
8:24 AM
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Q: How to clone an npc character's face/body as your own?

sauceboatIs there a way to get a formula or set of parameters for a random npc's physical appearance? Say I want to make my character's face look like Martin or Jeoffry or a Mythic Dawn Acolyte I just slain, what would be my options?

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Q: Is there a way to stop gaining experience in World of Warcraft?

James JiaoI've reached a certain level. I want to be able to queue lower level dungeons in the dungeon/party finder without becoming too high for them. Is there a way to stop leveling or do I simply have no option but to keep leveling?

 
8:53 AM
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Q: Dragonvale: Anyway to Increase chance to breed rare dragon?

NeticI tried to breed one of those rare dragon but never get any, since level 15 to level 20 I tried many suggested combinations on wiki but still no good chance. Any expert here please? Any day from now, I would give up and delete the game. Wasted some money on this unfair-game already.

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Q: Planning to buy a new 120hr LED Monitor

alexI'm Planning to buy brand new led monitor for gaming multimedia etc ... so can you please tell me which one is best ? I mean samsung, benq or asus ? Thanks

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Q: Find out about new/old games status?

PrixI am looking for a place where I can see what games are there and their status aka if they are in the market, in what phase it is (closed beta, open beta), and all sort information of all kinda of pc games. I know of http://www.mmorpg.com/gamelist.cfm but it doesnt seem to be updated to the new ...

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Q: How can I change my monster's name on Tiny Monsters?

SophirexThis is a question that is really annoying me, I have not found the answer any where. Here it is: Can you change a monster's name on Tiny Monsters, and if so HOW? I am asking this because all of my fire monsters are called " Sunspot"

 
9:21 AM
0
Q: Will I miss out if I don't take the top tier skills?

DavidYellSo my Guardian is 45 now, and I'm rapidly running out of points to put into skills. I'm using the defence tree, and I don't think I'll have enough points to get to Guardian Strike. Will I be missing out by not taking the top tier skills? Should I be working up to these in my build? I was forced ...

 
Ask Ubuntu as some serious quality problems.
And edits like this make me facepalm so hard...
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@YiJiang smirks slightly
 
@badp On the bright side, this means that the Marshal badge is incredibly easy to earn
Unlike on Gaming, where it's a real pain in the arse
 
I was smirking at your "as" :P
@YiJiang Well means I'll get 2 free reps then
 
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A: Combo microphone does not work

Me2What is worse on my Lenovo (Piece of crap) E425 I bought a USB adapter and it does not work either, except for the crappy internal mic I have no mic and cannot use a good microphone. I hate this computer, I only bought it because the mouse button in the keyboard like my old Toshiba. So if I want ...

This is one of the more amusing not an answer I've got so far
 
9:35 AM
It also got pwned
 
Yup. I think there's a mod watching the flag screen now. Seriously though, why can't the mods just do this themselves? It's not like the review page doesn't exist for them
 
10:22 AM
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Unfortunately too few gravatars here are actual human faces
Doesn't work on mine or @badp's.
 
@YiJiang Mine is an actual human face
 
@fredley Mustachify doesn't seem to agree
 
@YiJiang Delicious roasted human face
 
10:50 AM
@YiJiang I'm so close I can taste it.
Although the current set of flags in /tools are terrible!
 
11:39 AM
@YiJiang I wake up to 25 flags... also reviewing random shit amounts to Work.
:P
 
@badp But... but... shiny badges!
Seriously though, reading through AU's review pages just makes me depressed.
It's... even worse than SO's
@fredley I've got 67 flags to go on Gaming.
 
@YiJiang I'm down to the last 30 or so. Compared to SO it's been a long slog
 
12:18 PM
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This is... amazing
 
test
 
test result: failure
 
:(
 
Don't worry! You can always try, try again, for science.
 
Test.
 
12:27 PM
test
 
user30
> Two years ago we invested $250,000 in Instagram. Thanks to the spectacular vision and effort of Kevin Systrom and the Instagram team, the investment will be worth $78,000,000 when the Faceboook acquisition closes
 
user30
holy crap.
 
@ThomasMcDonald Yeah, that figure means a 31200% return on their investment
Although as a lot of people have pointed out it's pretty likely that at this point in time Facebook shares are grossly overvalued
 
@YiJiang It's a bubble
 
user30
I'm not sure about that
 
user30
12:30 PM
Depends how how GRPN, P and LNKD are doing.
 
Vodafone bought Cable and Wireless's global network for $1bn. Instagram is overvalued if anyone thinks it has the same worth
 
user30
Except not groupon, that's a terrible example.
 
user30
@fredley But Instagram excelled and had a massive market in a key area of Facebook.
 
@ThomasMcDonald But was it really in competition?
 
user30
I imagine Cable and Wireless has a similar deal.
 
user30
12:32 PM
Potentially, yes.
 
It, uh, has no revenue model?
 
@YiJiang And it's not worth anything to FB (with their current model). Instagram users aren't sharing massive amounts of personal data, which is how FB makes its money.
 
user30
Evidently it was worth $1bn to Facebook
 
I'm not very familiar with the app itself, but has it actually generated a single cent of revenue for the company since it lanuched?
 
@ThomasMcDonald *To Mark Zuckerberg. He bought it without consulting the board.
@YiJiang Nope.
 
user30
12:35 PM
The board voted on it, but since he has majority control it's mostly symbolic anyway, right?
 
@ThomasMcDonald The board voted effectively after he'd closed the deal himself
 
> Yahoo (YHOO, Fortune 500) paid just $35 million seven years ago for Flickr
 
I'd argue that, on the whole, pictures contain a great deal of information about your interests. To DSP!
 
@TimStone Running image analysis software on the gazillions of photos uploaded to Instagram is totally not going to cost gazillion dollars of server time, oh no
 
12:37 PM
@TimStone FB already has enough photos of me, last time I checked.
Also, FB photos are tagged. Are Instagram's? (I haven't ever used it)
 
Although I await the day Facebook can identify the brand of jelly donut you're holding in your photo
@fredley I think there is a hashtag system
 
@YiJiang They'll be able to cross-reference when and where you bought it (from the geotag) and your receipt (from forthcoming Facebook Friend Wallet) to work it out pretty easily
 
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Q: Do I need low-level minions?

Tom77In Evil Genius do I need to keep lower level minions once I've completed the Acts of Infamy that allow me to have high level minions? I think I'm right in saying that only Valets can extinguish fires and only Technicians can repair things, so I need to have a few of those. But are there any task...

 
@YiJiang But hashtags are completely unrelated to content! #elephants
 
@YiJiang They just spent a billion dollars to acquire a company that has no direct source of revenue. C'mon now. :P
 
12:40 PM
I suspect they bought it partly to keep it out of the hands of Twitter
 
@TimStone Maybe Instagram is just a front for Columbian drug traffickers
 
@TimStone Potential monetization model: Analyse images for nude content, hold images to ransom. It's just spending a few years burning through VC in order to obtain enough photos to make it profitable.
 
@fredley Sure, if you were a Facebook user to begin with, but I've heard that many Instagram users weren't. That said, I don't use Instagram personally, so I can't really speak reliably to anything about its appeal or userbase. I personally don't really get the acquisition either, so.
@fredley Brilliant! I would like to subscribe to your newsletter and send you truckloads of cash.
 
@TimStone But those users will jump ship the instant Instagram becomes FB-ized
@TimStone That's the flip side to the model: charge for access to the photos of people who didn't pay up!
 
Talking about potentially embarrassing photos... I wonder if @spugsley know what I did to her gravatar
@fredley I concur with @TimStone. How can I invest in your diabolical plan?
 
12:45 PM
@YiJiang What's the maximum transaction size you can do over PayPal?
Actually screw that, I'll just get you my bank details...
 
@fredley I'm not so sure, provided Facebook maintains its position on keeping Instagram fairly separate. Certainly some people were pissed off enough by the whole deal to pick up and leave, but I think the people who would go to that length have largely already done so.
 
@fredley The limit for US dollars is pretty low, but I think they do allow transfers of up to two gazillion Unicorn Dollars
 
@TimStone True, but then I'm back to scratching my head and thinking 'why?'. Buying a social network to just keep it running at a loss is an odd thing to do.
@YiJiang I only have 100 of those, and I can't remember where I put them. More always welcome.
 
@fredley Yeah, I can't pretend to make much sense of that either, but I guess we'll see how it goes either way. From a safe distance, anyway. :P
 
@TimStone Yes. Oh well, even if my nude photo sharing app doesn't ever gather enough ransomable photos to be profitable, at least I can live in hope of being bought out for large monies.
 
12:50 PM
Now that's living the dream!
 
@TimStone More like dreaming the life at the moment
 
FAE
1:08 PM
I'm not really sure that these should remain separate questions:
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Q: Saved Maelon's Research Data but Eve dies from the stress & fatigue of the testing

KeiraMy husband has played through to the genophage curing three times now and all 3 times Mordin tells Shepard that Eve has died from the stress and fatigue of the testing... However, in Mass Effect 2, he saved Maelon's research data and when importing the saved file, it even says the the data was sa...

This was asked yesterday and is asking "Is this intended or a glitch?"
This is the question that was asked first:
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Q: Why did Eve die with Maelon's data available?

ColbyI saved Wrex in ME1, I saved Maelon's data in ME2, the import screen in ME3 confirmed this. When I get to the missions on Tuchanka, I completed every one of the side missions before starting the mission where they take down the Reaper and distribute the genophage cure. Then when I finally get...

The only real difference is that the newer one asks if it's a glitch or not while the first one doesn't
 
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Q: Crash in the Foundry

Ef EsI have a problem in this awesome game. I have all mods from the Gogcom's mod guide installed and my game crashes like a baws. The crash is during the loading screen for the dormitories/tower in the foundry, no matter when it is done (before/after the join Foundry quests). Game just saves and cra...

 
1:20 PM
@Lazers I swear if I ever meet this guy in real life I'll punch him in the face for using "like a baws" in that sentence
 
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@YiJiang +1
 
How can I do a rollback in this question? I want to remove the
 
@Michel Do you see a rollback button in the revision history?
 
@YiJiang Nope. How much rep is that take?
 
Same as editing, but I'm not sure if it's different since you're the OP
 
1:25 PM
@YiJiang So, instead of edit the question, anyone who wants a badge go for it.
 
You can always edit your own post, so you can always remove the tag which will have the same effect
 
@YiJiang The problem with edits is that takes 10 edits to go community post
 
I really don't think that post will be edited 10 times. Really.
 
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@Michel If they were all self-edits, you can probably request a mod to undo the CWness.
 
I had not heard like a baws before. Is that just the illiterate's version of like a boss?
 
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1:27 PM
@Sterno Yeeeeeeeep
 
@FAE Wow. That actually hurts my brain.
Ignorance truly is bliss.
 
@Sterno Yes. Yes it is. Do you want to kick him in the baws now?
 
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@Sterno Yeah. It's... yeeeeeah.
 
@YiJiang Also, I was trying that badge as well =P
 
I just abused my edit privilege and removed it. For the good of everyone, everywhere.
 
1:29 PM
@Sterno Surely not an abuse then?
 
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Oh wow, someone answered my Dead Island prefix question
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A: What do the weapon prefixes mean in Dead Island?

skovacs1There are a lot of prefixes and even more questions about them and their meaning. Some have only been seen in pre-release info or screeshots and some effects have not been well documented. There's a fairly good list on the Dead Island wiki and while it's a bit unreadable, the weapon mod FAQ lists...

 
Anyone have a link to that meta post talking about using only one tag? I forgot to fav it and I'm not finding =X
 
Okay this:
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Q: Do sustained skills count as one attack?

OrigamiRobotMighty Blow grants bonus XP for killing multiple enemies with one attack. Do sustained skills like Tempest Rush, Ray of Frost, and Rapid Fire count as a single attack for this purpose?

Dupes 1/4th of this:
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Q: What XP bonuses are there and what are their criteria?

Nick TI know of the following experience bonuses: Massacre Mighty Blow Destruction Pulverized Are there additional ones obtained through killing and smashing stuff, and what is the criteria for them? Are Destruction and Massacre tied to a timer or area? Does the environment need to land the kill...

My thought is that that 2nd one is probably too broad
But I know there was some argument over the weekend that NickT's question was not too broad, and was preferable to having a bunch of mini questions about the xp bonuses
 
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@Sterno Hm. Origami's question could probably fit under part of the "criteria", technically.
 
I think one way or the other it would be beneficial if we decide soon
 
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1:34 PM
@Sterno Agreed, though I don't really feel confident enough here to wholly back one decision over another given the lack of information.
 
Yeah, that's kind of the problem.
It also feels really weird that NickT's references the massacre question, then basically asks for the same thing but with the other bonuses included
To the MetaMobile!
 
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Q: Why stop gaining xp in wow twink

FofoleI just found out about twinking. I have given it some thought thus the question follows: What are the main reasons that would determine you to go twinking by stop gaining xp in WoW other than say owning bg's at your current lvl?

 
1:51 PM
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Q: Should questions about XP bonuses on Diablo 3 all be lumped together?

SternoA few months ago, I asked the question How does the Massacre bonus work?. I intended for it to be a fairly comprehensive question about the Massacre bonus mechanics, but I didn't lump other xp bonus types (such as destruction) into it because I couldn't be sure how similar the underlying mechanic...

BAM
Also: I suck at writing answers
 
@Sterno You and me both, buddy. :(
 
2:06 PM
Morning, all.
 
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Q: Should questions about XP bonuses on Diablo 3 all be lumped together?

SternoA few months ago, I asked the question How does the Massacre bonus work?. I intended for it to be a fairly comprehensive question about the Massacre bonus mechanics, but I didn't lump other xp bonus types (such as destruction) into it because I couldn't be sure how similar the underlying mechanic...

 
2:33 PM
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Q: Was I a bad Hero by waiting so long to reach Zelda?

JoshSo, Zelda fell through the clouds and like a good young Hero I rushed after her to save her. I ran through the forest in desperation searching and dowsing for her. I found a Kikwi who said she was with him, but she ran off to the "very dangerous" Forest Temple. Annoyed, I rushed after her... only...

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Q: Phrases for earning experience points and gaining levels in gaming?

MListerWhat are the common phrases/terminology for describing the act of earning experiences and building up levels during a game (probably more so in a RPG context)? Somehow I think 'farming' is a related word, but am not sure if it is accurate. Any suggestion is welcome!

 
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2:48 PM
@agent86 "a couple of Spin Doctors for a AoI" <-your "a" should be "an"
 
I just came across this. It absolutely floored me: thei're
 
@FAE fix'ed, thanks :)
 
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@agent86 No prob. I don't like doing edits myself on tiny things like that if it's still within the 5 minute window
@fredley Was it an honest (stupid) usage or a hyperbolic usage to illustrate how people misuse the word?
 
@FAE It was in an answer I just edited
 
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@fredley wow
 
3:00 PM
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Q: Are sword and sworcery achievements available for iPhone?

StuperUserBased on this question: How do I kill lagomorphs for the Monster Hunter achievement?, there are achievements available for S&S. Is this a steam exclusive? Which platforms are they available for? If they are not currently available for iOS, is there any news of plans for an update to include ...

 
3:12 PM
Non-US folks: is "scheleton" an internationalization of "skeleton?" I can't tell if @badp has a misspelling or just used a spelling I'm not familiar with in this answer
 
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@DaveMcClelland I've never seen that before
 
@FAE Neither have I, but I don't want to "correct" it if it's already a proper spelling
 
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@DaveMcClelland I'd just ping'im, which you already did
 
@DaveMcClelland badp never makes mistakes, so clearly it's intentional.
 
@FAE Yep. I'll leave it to him. Just wanted to see if my American superiority complex was blinding me to some kooky international spelling
 
3:16 PM
soon the universe will catch up with the correct spelling.
 
3:27 PM
@agent86 bahahahahaha
 
Jin
3:38 PM
i watched that lastnight, also the one for uncharted 1. so great
 
3:51 PM
Uncharted did the "Game like a movie" thing right, unlike certain a Metal Gear LOADING PLEASE WAIT Solid game
 
I so want to play that series. still need to mount an epic ninja invasion of @EBongo's house to steal his copy.
 
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@agent86 I've really enjoyed them, though I haven't played 3 yet
They're also enjoyable to watch as well, apparently. My b/f really enjoyed watching and chiming in about puzzles once in a while, I think your wife would probably enjoy too.
 
@FAE ooh, good to know. soon, though, we're going to have 0 playtime together though :(
 
Jin
that "movie" is better than National Treasure, in terms of the story and acting..
 
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@agent86 Because of the new addition?
 
3:58 PM
Anyone know of a good, free webapp for tracking calories?
 
@FAE indeed. sometime between now and mid-may. If it goes like last time, I'll have time for games while I'm up late, but she'll be headed to bed early.
 
Uncharted 2 was my favorite of the three. Especially the bit about clowns at the end.
 
@Sterno Calories? What're those? :P
 
@fbueckert I think there's a picture of a massive bacon sandwich somewhere in the chat history if you need a hint :)
 
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@agent86 Yeah, understandable. When's she due?
@Sterno Oh god that's so nauseating
 

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